Middle Orient

Throughout history, military empires have reduced their victims, their subjugated, and their abducted to a state of “The Others.” The political and mass media institutions usually follow suit by supporting their empire’s predatory policies with slanted coverage. Such is the case with the U.S. global and the Israeli regional empires. …

Violent explosions rocked the Kalsu base in Iraq on April 19 , resulting in at least one fatality and eight wounded, but it remains unclear who exactly is responsible as U.S. Forces and Israel both denied participation in the attack. While no party has yet claimed responsibility for the attack …

Middle Eastern Regimes—and America—Ignore Public Anger at Their Peril Since Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel, the Middle East has been rocked by mass protests. Egyptians have demonstrated in solidarity with Palestinians at great personal risk, and Iraqis, Moroccans, Tunisians, and Yemenis have taken to the streets in vast numbers. …

Iran must be held accountable for its exceptional attack. The Israeli response, immediate but also intended to have a lasting impact, was based on Iran’s intention to cause destruction. The Iranian ayatollah regime attacked Israel directly from its own territory, deploying hundreds of UAVs, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. This …

Analysis: The Kurdistan Democratic Party’s unprecedented boycott of long-overdue parliamentary elections leaves the semi-autonomous region in uncertain waters. Voters in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region will cast ballots on 10 June for the regional parliament for the first time since 2018, but a major force will be missing from the ballot. In …

Major General Aharon Haliva was one of a number of senior Israeli commanders who said they had failed to foresee and prevent the 7 October attack. The head of Israeli military intelligence, who last year accepted responsibility for the failures that allowed the Hamas-led attack on Israel on 7 October, …

Iran’s Ebrahim Raisi and Pakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif had a ‘vibrant discussion’ on advancing bilateral relations, the Pakistani premier’s office said. Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi held talks with Pakistani leader Shehbaz Sharif in Islamabad on Monday, in what experts said was a “significant” visit aimed at mending ties after the neighbours …

“The killing of Palestinian children must stop,” stated the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).“Children in the State of Palestine have been exposed to a tragic and vicious cycle of violence for too long. This is a conflict that disproportionately affects children,” said Adele Khodr, UNICEF’s Regional Director for the Middle …

In the 200 days of Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip, accused of genocide, 34,183 Palestinians have been killed. The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza provided information on Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip during the 200 days. It was reported that in the last 24 hours, an additional …

President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the Nazi leader Hitler, stating that neither he nor his accomplices will escape responsibility. Erdogan responded to journalists’ questions on the presidential plane returning from Baghdad, where he met with senior Iraqi officials, and …